{
  "id": 2352624,
  "title": "A couple turned a blog into a 7-figure business in 8 years. They explain 4 ways to make money online.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/a-couple-turned-a-blog-into-a-7-figure-business-in-8-years-they",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-21T09:30:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Insider",
    "slug": "business-insider",
    "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/couple-built-seven-figure-business-how-to-make-money-online-2026-8"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Kelan and Brittany Kline are the creators of The Savvy Couple, a personal finance blog that became a 7-figure online business in just eight years. In 2016, the couple started their blog with minimal startup costs and focused on four strategies to generate revenue: display ads, affiliate marketing, sponsorships, and selling their own products.\n\nInitially, the blog had no revenue for nine months, but they made their first $50 from a sponsored post, which convinced Kelan that their site had potential. After two weeks, Kelan left his insurance sales job to focus on the business full-time. In 2019, Brittany left her teaching job to join The Savvy Couple as well.\n\nBy 2023, the business generated $1.3 million in annual revenue, and in 2024, they brought in about $1.1 million. The Klines used display advertising, affiliate marketing, sponsorships, and selling their own products as primary methods to monetize their online business. In 2026, they would not build a traditional blog that relies on Google search traffic, but instead focus on digital products, memberships, YouTube, and a marketing agency.",
  "summary": "\"With an online business, it's unlimited scalability because you're reaching the entire world,\" said Kelan Kline.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}